IMSciences, a young, innovative, and enterprising business school in Peshawar has signed an agreement with the PurePush, a private funded initiative of Central Asian Cellular Forum for establishing an in-house incubation center for application development. The MoU was signed by Dr. Mohammad Mohsin, Director IMSciences and Mr. Khalid Khan, Chief Executive PurePush.

Under the signed MOU between IMSciences and PurePush, the incubation center will provide opportunities for the development and growth of young Pakistani applications developers by not only training them in state of the art mobile app development technologies but will also help them in commercializing their applications.

Other objectives of the MoU is to develop a joint venture for helping industry and other academic institutions in getting advantage of the emerging software and mobile technologies. As per MoU, IMSciences will provide students, training facilities and other logistics whereas PurePush will provide training to students and faculty in emerging software and mobile technologies.

[blockquote cite=”Dr. Mohammad Mohsin, Director IMSciences “]
We are glad to see the role played by private sector and ICT industry in promoting young talent. This MoU will also provide a range of opportunities to our students to gain hands-on experience of the ‘real’ world through our linkages with the industry.
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PurePush had already established such mobile application development incubation Centre in the three universities Iqra University (Islamabad), Abasyn University (Islamabad) and University of Gujrat. The company is continuously bridging the gap between the industry and the academia, as this was the 4th such venture signed by PurePush.

[blockquote cite=”Khalid Khan, the CEO of Central Asian Cellular Forum”]
We take a great deal of pride in the fact that what we are contributing towards industry by providing promising opportunities to the young developers. We are pleased that we have successfully more than fulfilled it.
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[info]The Institute of Management Sciences, based in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is a young, innovative, and enterprising business school en route to compete with the foremost management schools of the country. Since its inception in 1995, the school’s academic rigor and avant-garde approach to management education have produced alumnae that shape the world of business at regional, national, and international level.

Presently, the Institute is offering a range of courses, undergraduate programs, and graduate degrees in the fields of Management, Computer Science and Information Technology, Planning and Policy Analysis, Banking, Finance and Accounting, Marketing, Health Service and Hospital Management, and Local Government and Public Enterprises. [/info]